GOP leadership, led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, is attempting to move the impeachment process against President Biden to committees rather than allowing a full floor vote. This move has slowed down the effort and created a growing sense of division within the House Republican Conference.
As Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Loren Boebert sparred on the House floor about their opposing impeachment resolutions, the attempts to remove Biden from office by the conference's most right-wing members over his management of the border between the United States and Mexico reached a boiling point.
The Boebert resolution will now most likely be considered by the House Rules Committee, which could vote as soon as Thursday to send it first through the chamber's Homeland Security and Judiciary committees.
Before his leadership team attempted to move the leading Boebert resolution to the Rules Committee on Wednesday, McCarthy reportedly advised conference attendees to vote against it.
The California Republican said, "I just think running something on the floor isn't fair to the American public without making the case and making the argument."
McCarthy also argued that putting the resolution up for a final vote could halt ongoing GOP investigations into Biden, including those into whether he used his influence as vice president to support his son Hunter Biden in his international business dealings.
The measure might fail and backfire on the GOP because every House Democrat would almost certainly vote against impeaching Biden and because chamber Republicans in moderate congressional districts might also do the same.
Even if the resolution were to pass the House, it would almost certainly fall short in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
As Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Loren Boebert sparred on the House floor about their opposing impeachment resolutions, the attempts to remove Biden from office by the conference's most right-wing members over his management of the border between the United States and Mexico reached a boiling point.
The Boebert resolution will now most likely be considered by the House Rules Committee, which could vote as soon as Thursday to send it first through the chamber's Homeland Security and Judiciary committees.
Before his leadership team attempted to move the leading Boebert resolution to the Rules Committee on Wednesday, McCarthy reportedly advised conference attendees to vote against it.
The California Republican said, "I just think running something on the floor isn't fair to the American public without making the case and making the argument."
McCarthy also argued that putting the resolution up for a final vote could halt ongoing GOP investigations into Biden, including those into whether he used his influence as vice president to support his son Hunter Biden in his international business dealings.
The measure might fail and backfire on the GOP because every House Democrat would almost certainly vote against impeaching Biden and because chamber Republicans in moderate congressional districts might also do the same.
Even if the resolution were to pass the House, it would almost certainly fall short in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
